An endeavor to nurture the natural inclinations of children and provide them with a holistic education, enabling them to secure a better future for themselves, their family, and their community. The Great India Talent School (GITS) aspires to educate, enable, and empower children of rural communities in India by setting up multiple educational institutions that will provide them with the options to pursue higher education in their fields of interest while remaining grounded.Our progress as a nation directly corresponds with our ability to harness the potential of 68.84 percent of the population that lives in rural areas. If we are to realize this, we need to further inclusive growth, wherein the rural population, especially children and youth, are empowered through training, education, and skill development.

• The first Great India Talent School (also known as Mahan Bharat Pratibha Vidyalaya) was inaugurated in Kashirampara, Tripura, on March 29, 2017
• We started by providing education from Class LKG to Class 3 with 350 students
• GITS Kashirampara currently serves about 700 children from Class LKG to Class 7, predominantly from Naisingpara and Ashapara refugee camps in the state of Tripura.

REACH AND IMPACT

• The children from Kashirampara and the surrounding areas get education under the CBSE syllabus in English medium, textbooks, notebooks, uniforms, shoes, socks, sweaters, school bags, and mid-day meals entirely free of cost
• Essential grocery relief kits were distributed to the students and family members of GITS during the pandemic
• Medical camps will be organised to provide free medical checks–up, immunizations, etc., for students and teachers on a regular basis with appropriate follow-up
• Local men and women have found employment with GITS in this area as teachers and kitchen helpers.

• Provides tasty, nutritious, and hygienic Mid-day meals as an incentive to come to school with support from The Akshaya patra Foundation.
• Alongside formal education, GITF strives to equip children with effective communication, problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking skills.
• Extracurricular activities such as sports, cultural programmes, etc are also encouraged to help children develop various skill sets.
• Exposure to developments in India and all over the world through films and talks by the expert as well as periodic visits to farming communities, industries, institutions, etc.
• Through Agri- farms children are introduced to nature and the need to care for the environment
• Community involvement is integral to the GITF initiative, and therefore their inputs and efforts are of immense value.